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A CHRISTMAS TRIFLE FOR TWO CLOWNS AND MISS ISABEL

3 Actors - One Set - 75 Minutes, No Intermission

It’s Miss Isabel’s 97th Christmas Eve, a festive annual event celebrated by her closest remaining family. A six-course meal with Martinis to start, wines appropriate to each course and Champagne throughout. All served impeccably by the indispensable family retainer James and the new man, Chuck. Unfortunately, all Miss Isabel’s family are deceased, and the unflappable James and unsuspecting Chuck must fill in – all while consuming liberal amounts of the aforementioned libations. What could possibly go wrong? As James reminds Miss Isabel: “Family holiday gatherings are much like theatrical entertainments. Hope for the best, expect the worst.”  “A Christmas Trifle…” is not only hilarious throughout but concludes with a  sweet holiday twist.  A tour de force for three actors and at 75 minutes it is a perfect holiday offering.  (Link to additional information.)

• Contact Mark Orsini at morsini@bretadamsltd.net for perusal scripts.

 plays by charles morey

• ​LAUGHING STOCK 
• THE LADIES MAN
• FIGARO
• THE GRANITE STATE
• THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
• THE THREE MUSKETEERS
• BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
• THE YELLOW LEAF
• DUMAS' CAMILLE
• ​A TALE OF TWO CITIES
• THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
• THE THIRD SKY 
• THE SALAMANDER'S TALE*
• A CHRISTMAS TRIFLE FOR TWO CLOWNS AND MISS ISABEL*
• A MOST DANGEROUS MAN* - librettist and co-lyricist (link to external site) 

* as yet un-produced

​​current & upcoming  professional productions

Multiple recent, current or upcoming amateur productions of Laughing Stock, The Ladies Man, Figaro, Dracula, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Three Musketeers  

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licensing & scripts

• ​Dramatists Play Service ("Laughing Stock" - "The Ladies Man" - Figaro")
• Playscripts ("The Count of Monte Cristo" - "The Three Musketeers")
• ​Published Scripts  available for purchase on line directly from DPS or Playscripts.
• Contact Bret Adams Ltd. for perusal scripts of all other titles.
• "A Christmas Trifle...", "The Salamander's Tale", "The Granite State" and "The Third Sky" available for perusal on newplayexchange.org ​

current projects

• Upcoming: Director, THE MURDER OF ROGER AYCKROYD at Florida Repertory Theatre, November-December, 2024.
• A CHRISTMAS TRIFLE For Two Clowns and Miss Isabel ​ Commissioned by the Peterborough Players
• "A MOST DANGEROUS MAN -  Book and Lyrics  for a music-theatre piece about Walter Reuther and the American Labor Movement. Greg Pliska, composer. Commissioned by the Malka Fund. VISIT THE WEB-SITE FOR INFORMATION AND MUSIC SAMPLES​
• "THE WOODS" - A novel. 

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zach proctor's portrait of charles morey in the pioneer theatre lobby

PLAQUE INSTALLED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PETERBOROUGH PLAYERS THEATRE IN RECOGNITION OF CHARLES MOREY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEATRE OVER DECADES AND IN PARTICULAR APPRECIATION OF HIS WORK DURING HIS 2024 TENURE AS INTERIM PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR